"Mrs. Veronica, are you trying to hypnotize ?" I ask directly.
But instead of frowning or being angry, she smiled mischievously, "Mr. Henry, are you trying to accuse of such a cri?"
"Well… you are extrely beautiful so it's not really a cri, is it?"
For the first ti, Abigail herself went awestruck at the sudden honest opinion that Henry said. It's not like she hasn't heard honest opinions of her beauty before but this was the first ti when a man she had hypnotize and failed but actually ended up admitting her beauty… and all that without being angry at her.
So she couldn't help but laugh out.
"Hahaha Haha"
"Hahaha Haha"
For the first ti in many years, Abigail laugh in pure harmony. Not at seeing the cruelty of her enemies or even at the misfortune of others. She laughed like she heard a joke that actually was funny.
Which made Olenna, who was standing behind Abigail shocked to her core. Never has she in decades, seen her mistress laughing with joy like that.
"That laugh…" I said which made both won look at .
Abigail suddenly felt a bit amiss at herself, she didn't think that she would actually laugh like that. But she did and that too in front of Henry, which made her a bit embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, that was ou-"
"It's gorgeous."
Abigail's widened eyes looked upon Henry's face which looked at her with a pure joyful smile. One that wasn't occurred by her own abilities but by Henry's own reason.
That's why she couldn't stop the blush coming to her face as she froze at . It seed like ti stopped for both of us and only the two of us remained here.
Unfortunately we weren't alone.
"Cough! Cough!"
Olenna's cough woke us up. Henry got up from the compulsion of her smile, while Abigail shook herself a bit and that blush went away imdiately.
"Ahhm!" Abigail coughed, "Alright joke's aside, we were about to talk about what we should do about this situation."
"Hmm, yes I did have that thought before… nevermind." I shake my head.
Abigail felt an itch in her mind. She really wanted to know what I was about to say but couldn't let her desire get out with her guard dog standing next to her.
"Tell , what you thought about this?"
"Hmm? You aren't going to tell yours first?" Abigail asked.
"I would… if I had one." I laugh, "You can't expect to have a plan when I just heard of this… exquisite situation."
Abigail heard the slight flirting wordplay of mine and did not hate it one bit like she did with the others. Instead she smiled, "Yes, I suppose you're quite mad at this situation. To just co from a big journey and hear of this."
"Well… let's just say mad isn't the sense I am looking at it." My eyes boar deep into hers. Maybe it was because of my special eyes but I seem to see sothing extraordinary in hers.
"COUGH!" Olenna coughed, "Madam, here are the docunt papers."
Veronica took it and gave it to which I shook my head, "Don't need it. I understand that your words stand worth enough and that papers real enough."
"Alright… but are you sure you're just gonna trust the words of a complete stranger." She asked with a dark aning.
"No, but I trust my people and I believe they won't lie to about this. So let's just pass the stage of verifying things and talk solutions. I suppose you already have one in mind."
She nodded, "My plans a simple one. We find the guy who sold us the mansion and find out why he did this to us."
"I'm sure that he didn't think that he could fool both of us and get away with it. If he did, then he's a foolish man but I still want to know why."
"Alright then, after that?" I ask, the real ending to the solution she has in mind.
"After that… I would like to live in this mansion."
Fuck I just got this mansion!
"Unfortunately, my husband has other plans in mind so I can't do that. I'll just get the money back from that guy himself and get going. Until then, I hope you don't mind sharing such a huge mansion with a lonely lady like , right?" She asked with a touch of innocence that only made her seem more sharp to .
"Of course it will be my pleasure. But can I ask you why you don't want to stay here when you bought this place?"
"The not staying here part isn't mine, it's my husbands. Even after being fooled by him, I don't mind staying here after I get my money. But my hubby insists on leaving this place because of so baseless rumors."
"Rumors?"
"Yes, he heard that there are so ghosts and other supernatural things out in the deep forest next to the mansion. But I don't believe in those things. They aren't real, they're just stories to frighten children."
I smile, "Yes, I believe so too. But still… for safety reasons, you shouldn't go out in the woods."
"But I did."
"You did?" I don't like where this is going.
She nodded, "Of course I did. I wanted to cut off such thoughts from my husband's mind. So I went into the woods myself."
"And did you find anything?"
"Actually… I did."
"What?"
Her face was serious as she said, "I found a lot of shadows inside the forest that was leading to soplace, which I followed."
'She fucking followed it! Don't tell it was the remaining effects of the Sigmat Stones?'
"Finally after following the shadows for a while, I found out sothing completely terrifying."
"What?"
"I found red monkeys."
"What!?" I scrunched up.
"Yes, a village completely made of red monkeys." She said as her face ca back to normal, "Then I ca to the thought that the monkeys are the reason of such rumors."
"W- Well" I smile in relief, "It's good to hear that you've cracked the case Mrs. Veronica. You are quite a brave woman going there all on your own."
"I wasn't alone… I was with my maid Ol-"
"Olivia" The maid introduced herself, "It's an honor to be in your presence, Master Tax."
"Nice to et you too."
'Ms. Interruption.'
"Still, two won going alone so deep into a unknown place is a good feat but stupid as well."
"Yes it is… but it turned out good, didn't it?"
"Yes it did." I nodded and we were quite for a while.
"Well, it was nice to et you Mrs. Veronica. I'm gonna leave you now and take so rest." I say, waving my hand, "Please enjoy this mansion as your own since you bought it too and if you need anything, don't hesitate to call my maids."
"Thank you for your generous hospitality, Mr. Henry. I hope I get to spend more ti with you." Her enticing words still shook as I left.
As I walked the corridor with Raven, I said, "Give a detailed information of what she's been doing till now."
If I'm right about who she is… I'm a dead man walking.
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